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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1966
Page
2
In Our Opinion the Erie County commissioners face trepidation for lending $5000 to the Erie Coach Company amid claims it is distressed and in need of salvage funds. The piece urges thorough public audit and proof the venture is a true community necessity before taxpayer money is committed.
Drew Pearson outlines Hubert Humphrey's Tokyo mission briefing by State Department, Sato’s reaction, and 14 point Viet Nam peace memo. It contrasts Johnson skepticism with Humphrey's initiative, notes press coverage in Japan, and describes helicopter use and federal subsidies amid the Viet Nam era tensions. It also comments on a heavy Eastern snowfall revealing war disruption risks and Red China's war expectations.
United Nations Security Council set to resume Greek dispute talks as Russia Britain tensions loom. Watermelon seed tea touted for kidney ailments at Corry Hospital shows notable success. Three year old Bobby Darrow progresses toward discharge. Boyd Campbell sells East Main street store to Laverne and Donald Price. Dr N Troy Gillette buys Arta Smith Welsh property on East Washington Street. tenants to remain and Steen Dry Cleaning on ground floor continues.
The issue notes spring attire ahead with Groundhog Day forecasts hinting at warmer weather. Elton Darrow is named president of the Corry Dairymen's League branch with R. C. Snapp and Arthur Morris as officers. City volunteer firefighters gain compensation coverage. Local hospital reports on Ellis Koestner and Charles Dahlstrand in pneumonia, with LaTroy Rhynard improving from serious illness. Over 100 radio enthusiasts plan an early next week organizational meeting and seek space in the Municipal Building.
On this date many historical events unfolded. In 1861 southern leaders met in Montgomery to form the Confederacy. George Washington was unanimously elected first president in 1789. The Philippine insurrection began in 1899. Connecticut declined to ratify Prohibition in 1919. Russian and Japanese forces clashed in 1939 on Manchurian frontier. Elizabeth II opened the Australian Parliament in 1954. A Navy transport crash occurred a decade ago near Port Lauderdale with two fatalities. Five years ago Cuba supplied water to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base amid ongoing tensions. One year ago Charles de Gaulle called for reform in France.
Hal Boyle offers a mosaic of American foibles and social quirks from a humorous lens. He notes natives lack pickpocket mastery compared to skillful thieves, jokes about corn versus wheat, lawyers versus ministers, and the craze for color in medicine. He quips on diplomacy, parties, pets, and the need for sleep and outdoor walks to ease civilization’s woes.
Alan King, famed comic, runs The Harry Adler Agency with Roban Productions in New York. He juggles showbiz duties, writes with Jack Shurman, produces The Lion in Winter, and serves on the Nassau Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children board. King, 38, is married 19 years with two sons, faces parenthood and professional pressure while Adler handles his retirement plan, and he relies on a Rolls-Royce and a large payroll to sustain his theater ambitions.
New York AP notes the Johnson administration seeks broader use of voluntary economic guidelines to restrain prices, wages, and overseas investment while aiming to sustain a six year peacetime expansion. Critics warn of evasion as unions and firms resist strict limits. Banks face loan demand, with regulators urging caution.
The Corry Journal details its daily publication pattern and staff roles including Advertising-Manager John McCaughlin and Pressroom Foreman T. Bertman. It notes national advertising representation by Bottinelli Kimball Inc and credits AP dispatches for local news.
A reader asks if diabetes is hereditary and seeks a plain language guide. The column outlines hereditary risk, recognition of diabetes via urine tests and glucose tolerance, and classifies patients into groups for diet and insulin needs, noting overweight as a common associated factor and urging testing and medical follow up.
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